Activities
2025
Intercultural Entrepreneurship Week in Passau with Jerusalem Multidisciplinary College and Azrieli College of Engineering, Jerusalem
At the invitation of Prof. Dr. Christoph Barmeyer and with the help of Erasmus funding, a group of students from Jerusalem Multidisciplinary College spent a week at the University of Passau to study intercultural entrepreneurship in theory and practice.
The visit was part of a joint Bachelor's course offered by the Chair of Intercultural Communication (Professor Christoph Barmeyer) and the Chair of Business Administration with a focus on Organisation, Technology Management and Entrepreneurship (Prof. Dr. Carolin Häussler) under the direction of Dr. Tali Blank, Dr. Olga Goncharova and Prof. Dr. Christoph Barmeyer. Students were introduced to the theories and concepts of interculturality, entrepreneurship and dilemma theory and were asked to develop a case study on an innovative entrepreneurial project based on empirical data, using their entrepreneurial and creative skills to analyse complex problems and develop innovative solutions. The course offered students the opportunity to work in bicultural groups on case studies of interesting entrepreneurial projects and to experience and solve the challenges of virtual and intercultural collaboration.
The week's programme also included a tour of the campus, the city of Passau and the INN.Kubator. Dr. Irit Kornblit, who is the business development manager of the Blender, Jerusalem Multidisciplinary College Innovation center, exchanged experience and knowledge with Dr. Maria Diekmann on Passau University entrepreneurial activities.
Dr. Gavriel David Pinto from the Azrieli College of Engineering, who also took part in the week with his students, gave a lecture entitled ‘Educating tomorrow's engineers’ on the importance of economic elements for the success of start-ups.
In addition to the professional exchange and the presentation of the final projects, the stay offered the opportunity for networking and intercultural understanding.
We would like to thank everyone involved, including the International Office, for their great commitment, which made this intercultural week of events possible.
A positive approach to intercultural management – lecture at the Catholic Foundation University of Applied Sciences Munich
On January 17, 2025, a lecture by PD Dr. Martina Maletzky de García and Theresa Hoffmann took place as part of the practical instructor's day entitled ‘Intercultural Management in Focus’. The two speakers introduced the audience, practitioners and students from the health sector to the basics of intercultural management and explained under which conditions cultural diversity can lead to synergies in the daily work of people in the health sector.
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